The Look of Love - The Burt Bacharach Collection

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a b Bacharach, Burt. Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music, HarperCollins (2013), ebook Chapter 15, "Lost Horizon". Freeland, David (March 15, 2020). "Behind the Song: Burt Bacharach, "Make It Easy On Yourself" ". American Songwriter . Retrieved February 16, 2023. In 2003, he arranged and produced Ronald Isley's album Here I Am, on which Isley sang a program of Bacharach songs mostly drawn from Bacharach's 1960s-era hits. [81] [82] Bacharach's 2005 solo album At This Time was a departure from past works in that Bacharach penned his own lyrics, some of which dealt with political themes. [76] [83] Guest stars on the album included Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, and hip-hop producer Dr. Dre. [83] In 1966, the songwriter became a recording artist in his own right. His album Hit Maker! Burt Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits, which featured his own mostly instrumental re-recordings of some of his best-known songs, became a hit in the U.K. The album was reissued in America as Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits. Bacharach went on to release several more collections of his own recordings of his hits, including Reach Out (1967), Make It Easy On Yourself (1969), Burt Bacharach (1971), Living Together (1973), Futures(1977) and Woman (1979), an ambitious song cycle recorded live in the studio with the Houston Philharmonic Orchestra.

As a teenager, Bacharach fell in love with jazz and sometimes used a fake ID to sneak into 52nd Street nightclubs to see bebop legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Bebop’s unconventional harmonies and melodies became a major influence on the young composer. But it wasn't until the Carpenters covered it in 1970 that it became a massive hit, and the duo's breakthrough.Bacharach, Burt. Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music, HarperCollins (2013), ebook Chapter 1, "The Story of My Life". a b c Burlingame, Jon (January 5, 2017). "Burt Bacharach Writes From the Heart for 'Po' Score". Variety . Retrieved September 11, 2017.

I didn't want to make the songs the same way as they'd been done, so I'd split vocals and instrumentals and try to make it interesting... For me, it's about the peaks and valleys of where a record can take you. You can tell a story and be able to be explosive one minute, then get quiet as kind of a satisfying resolution. [112] Bacharach married his fourth wife, Jane Hansen, in 1993. They had two children, son Oliver, born the year before their marriage, and daughter Raleigh, born in 1995. [33] Official Singles Chart Top 30: 28 February 1958-06 March 1958". Official Charts . Retrieved June 25, 2020.Marius, Marley (February 10, 2023). "The Gratifying Genius of Burt Bacharach, in 7 Unforgettable Performances". Vogue . Retrieved February 14, 2023. a b c d McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "What It Was Like to Work with Burt Bacharach, in the Words of his Collaborators". Biography . Retrieved February 11, 2023. Mossman, Kate (July 18, 2013), "Burt Bacharach is a direct line to a lost musical world", New Statesman.